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1	A Soviet rock opera that premiered in 1981 in the Lenkom theater. It was written by Music/AlexeiRybnikov, with poetry by Andrei Voznesensky.
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3	It tells the story of an older Russian noblemen, Nikolai Rezanov, who went on an expedition to Californa, where he met the 15 year old daughter of Jose Dario Arguelo, the colonial governor of the Spanish territories in California, and fell in love with her.
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5	The rock opera is based on a true story, and is named after the two ships which sailed in Rezanov's expedition. it was very popular when it premiered and remains quite popular today.
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8	!!Tropes:
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10	* BilingualBonus: Some parts of the opera are in untranslated Spanish.
11	* BornInTheWrongCentury: Rezanov sais this about himself and the whole his generation.
12	* BSODSong: "Bring the maps of the newly discovered lands..."
13	* DarkReprise: During Rezanov's engagement with Conchita, plays surprisingly dark version of "You Will Never Forget Me" song.
14	* DownerEnding
15	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Federico.
16	* TheFaceless: In the stage version, Count Rumyantsev always wear a creepy golden mask, although he's rather a symbol of a heartless Imperial bureaucracy then an actual villain.
17	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Conchita's song "White Wild Roses" predicts the DownerEnding of her own story.
18	* MayDecemberRomance: Rezanov and Conchita.
19	* [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Church Slavonic Chanting]].
20	* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Rezanov's last song.
21	* StarCrossedLovers: Rezanov and Conchita, and the lovers from the "White Wild Roses" song.
22	* SomewhereSong: Rezanov's aria.
23	-->The New Lands give us brand new start,\
24	Where a new race will find its heart.\
25	It's the New World, trust us,\
26	Free of money and injustice!
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